AUSTIN - The tax cuts Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised while campaigning for their respective posts are gaining momentum in the Texas Legislature. Patrick, the presiding officer of the Texas Senate, and Sen.

...Monday evening. On Tuesday, the people from Lubbock will begin the day with a legislative breakfast with the TexasAssociationofBusiness, followed by a legislative briefing with area representatives, spending time in both galleries where both...

The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce is on board with the TexasAssociationofBusiness' state budget priorities. Both organizations support franchise tax relief for businesses and the funding of infrastructure investments...

Roughly one decade after lawmakers ponied up state money for an incentive program to entice filmmakers to Texas, many in the industry feel the program is just beginning to hit its stride. But as the legislative session gets underway with new lawmakers and leadership, a growing wariness of incentive programs could threaten that progress.

...session's most divisive issues."We have a moral imperative in Texas to educate all of our children," TexasAssociationofBusiness President Bill Hammond said. "They will be the future teachers, and doctors and architects and engineers...

...immigrants who are in the country illegally.The TexasAssociationofBusiness has previously endorsed keeping the state law...in Texas to educate all of our children," TexasAssociationofBusiness President Bill Hammond said at a Capitol rally...

In January of 1983, just one month after Billy Hamilton stepped into his position as Texas' chief revenue estimator, the state was wading in a flood of red ink that no one had seen coming. Plummeting oil prices had pushed state tax collections $100 million below the previous January, sending bureaucrats literally scurrying across the revenue-processing floor in search of forgotten mailbags of cash.

...problems is not necessarily in our best interests."However, after talking to Bill Hammond, CEO of the TexasAssociationofBusiness, one of the most influential groups in Austin, it's easy to see why - even though Obama is very unpopular...

...community."As far as I am concerned it is a very good thing for Texas," said Bill Hammond, CEO of the TexasAssociationofBusiness, one of the most influential groups in Austin."It's a brand new market for the goods and services produced...